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October 12, 2025

Your Health: The patient protection and affordable care act

I would like to offer my interpretation of the federal government’s Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare.

It’s the law: The health care decision

The recent decision by the United States Supreme Court upholding the Affordable Care Act will likely go down as the most important decision of the past several decades.

New Faces

- Drew Ryan Devonshire, son of Sarah Blythe (Thomson) and Ryan Ernest Devonshire of Ben Lomond, was born at 4:20 a.m. July 9, 2012, at Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz. He weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces.

Datebook

- Submit Datebook items to [email protected] or drop off press releases or photos at 5215 Scotts Valley Drive, Ste. F, Scotts Valley 95066. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Entries are subject to editing, and publication is not guaranteed.

The Mountain Gardener: A trip through a whimsical garden

To quote Luther Burbank, "Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul." After visiting the garden of Bev Kaplan in Boulder Creek, I couldn't agree more.

Mountain Gardener: Peace found in garden design

A garden has many purposes. It's a place to grow delicious tomatoes and mouthwatering fruit picked ripe off the tree. It's a place to read your favorite book on a comfy chair in the shade. It's a place to watch birds and butterflies when they visit the flowers you've planted just for them. It's a place to go when you need to get away from all the hustle and bustle of daily life. And it's a place of healing.

Junior Olympics comes to Felton

For the first time, San Lorenzo Valley High School will be a host pool for the United States Water Polo Junior Olympics that runs July 28 through August 5.

Club roundup

Scotts Valley Exchange Club

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Scotts Valley police promote pedestrian safety this month

October is National Pedestrian Safety Month, and Scotts Valley Police Department is urging drivers to exercise extra caution to protect pedestrians. According to the National...